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Identity
Person No.
19641
Service No.
202945V
Last Name
First Name
Robin Fraser
Initials
R F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Rank
Captain
Secondary Unit
and 5 Sqdn.
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Killed in action, shot down on sweep, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AK384
Grave Reference
Column 266.
Location
Country
Egypt
Locality
Unknown
Coordinates
30.83823, 28.94696
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Henry Alfred and Lucy Pare, of "Belair", Constantia, Cape Province, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (Constantia) Public Cemetery

Citation

LG 29 April 1941 pg. 2445 - "In February, 1941, Lieutenant Pare was detailed with six other aircraft to carry out an attack on the aerodrome at Massawa. On approaching the target, he observed an anti-aircraft gun post about to open fire on the leader of the formation. He attacked and silenced this post but in doing so his guns jammed. In spite of this he continued to dive down on other anti-aircraft posts thus minimising the fire directed against the rest of his formation. Lieutenant Pare also displayed great courage and determination in the battle of Keren, shooting down four enemy fighters in two air battles within three days."

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